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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1966
Page
2
Deep in his mind the belief that two of everything signals success in New York workplaces. The article argues a two desk, two chair, two car, two bathroom setup leads to boredom and fatigue, while a second desk serves as a home away from home to keep order and focus, claiming no great society is truly great without two of everything both at office and at home.
The open class results list champions and runners up in crops and grains. Notable names include D. French, L. French, J. French, Clayton Pippert, Gnandt, Irish, and Pippert among multiple categories such as wheat, oats, soybeans, rye, corn, alfalfa, clover, and sunflowers, with several firsts and seconds noted.
The New London Wellington area fair awarded numerous prizes in home ec cakes and yeast goods. Winners include Sprague and Houston families for chiffon and angel food cakes, and Dekorated cakes in wedding and birthday categories. Multiple residents from Wellington Elyria Oberlin and Columbia Station earned firsts seconds and thirds across bread rolls cookies and canned goods.
A pig owned by Karen Lorain County Sheep Club died in the morning after winning a grade in the junior fair breed class. The pig’s owner reports the animal overheated. the incident follows a prior fourth place finish at the Cuyahoga County Fair in Berea.
Crowds at the county fair share overheard lines about cotton candy, cotton with sugar spray, a child lost, rope a snake and a purse incident. Observers note a joke about a dirtiest face and a remark on fashion with long hair as others warn kids to return home.
Marriage licenses lists Larry Hawkes 18 of 6 Vermont St Lorain steelworker and Carol Wise 19 of 469 Colorado Ave Lorain telephone operator. Kenneth Sherren 18 Pleasant Plain I Ohio and Nancy Hallett 19 of 138 South Main St Oberlin.
Fair exhibit at the Exhibitor's Building features Fair photos showing the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado wrecking Pittsfield churches. The Wellington Camera Club displays early Wellington scenes around 1900, Ohio bridges, local children, fishing, and Vermilion pictures, plus a streetcar crew photo.
Local 4H clubs describe a busy pre parade routine with calves and sheep readied for display. Children and families tidy animals and themselves while supervisors note the orderly lineup and timing before the fair parade. In Wellington, participants prep Holstein and Jersey calves, beef cattle and horses, with some entries rotated or held back. Nearby, a lighthearted note reports a Batman themed motherhood from Albuquerque.
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